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— AN INTeRVAL OF TWO YEARb — 

t THE HOME AT 5 OHO, PARLOR Or uR » 

manette's h ouse well a tastefully Fmt- 

NISHEO DISCOVERED M|SS PWQSS, ; 



»|SS P« 

I WONDER NO'/K IF MR, OARNtlY WILL 3E Ht HE TO-OAY, ITS PR£TTV CLEAr^ 
HE 'jVILL CA-^RY off my PET, BUT /JHETHER THE DOCTOR LIKES HIM ORtNiOT 
I CANNOT FOR WY LI Ft MAKE OUT. jENTER LUCIE, BONNET Hi MANTLE; AH 
HERE 19 MY LADY 3IR0. tCOES TO LUCIE TAKES OFF HEW BONNET, FOLDS 
HER MANTLE ft SMOOTHS HER HAIR- 
LUC I E « 



THANK YOU PROSS, YOU UU I TE SPOIL ME jKISSES HER; 

MISS P« 
I HAVE LIVED V | TH YOU SINCE YOU VERE TEN YEARG OLD, AND YOU ARE 
NOT SPOILT YET. «HERE IS DR. WANETTE? 

LUCIE. 
FATHER LEFT ME TO VISIT A PATIENT, HE WILL BE HERE PRESENTLY, 
ESPECIALLY AS WE EXr>ECT MR. LORRY, OUR USUAL SUNDAY VISITOR. 
THERE HE |S, PERHAPS, I HEAR A KNOCK. 

MISS P. 



AS IF MR. LORRY 'ERE OUR ONLY USUAL SUNDAY VISITOR. 

•EXIT; 

LUCIE 



iLISTENING: CAN IT aE MR, DARNEY? NO, ffciE VOICE SOUNDS LIKE 

MR. CARTON'S, 

iSEATS HERSELF: 



tEN'^ER SYDNEY CARTON, DRESS CARELESS 
HAIR LOOSE.: 



SYDt 
GOOD MORNING, MISS MANETTE. 

LUCIE, 



GOOD MORNING, MR, CARTON, ; LOOKS AT HtWt ARE YOU NOT WELLf 

SVO. 
NO, THE LIFE I LEAD, IS WOT CONDUCIVE TO HEALTH* .VHAT IS TO BE 
EXPECTED OF, OR BY, SUCH PROFLIGATES? 

LUCIE. 



IS IT NOT--FORGtVE ME, I HAVf: BEGUN THE OUESTION ON MY LlPS~A 
PITY TO LIVE NO aETTEft LIFEf 

SVO. 

GOO KNOWS IT IS A SHAME. 

LUCIg« 
THEN «HY NOT CHANGE IT? 

3 YD« 
IT IS TOO LATE FOR THAT. I SHALL NEVCR f3£ BETTER THAN I AM, I 

SHALL SINK LOWER AND BE V'ORSE, tUEANS ELBOW ON TABLE, AND COVERS 

FACE WITH HAND,! PRAY FORGIVE ME, MfSS MANETTE, I BREAK DOWN 

BEFORE THE KNOWLEDGE OF .VHAT I .i/ANT TO SAY TO YOU. WILL YOU HEAR 
ME? 

LU CIE. 
IF IT WILL DO YOU ANY GOOD. IF IT WILL MAKE YOU ANY HAPPIER, 

t SHALL BE VERY GLAD. 

3YD^ 

GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR S'^^EET COMPASS I ON, ; RE MOVES HAND FROM FACE i 
OON*T BE AFRAID TO HEAR ME, DON'T SHRINK FROM ANYTHING I SAY, I 
AM LIKE ONE iVHO DIED YOUNG, ALL MY LIFE MIGHT HAVE SEEN. 

LUCIE. 
NO, Mf», CA-^TOH, I AM SURE THC REST PART OF IT MIGHT STILL BE, YOU 
WIGHT 3E MUCH .VORTHItR Oi" Yt.tlRSELF. 



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■^AY OF" YOj — AND ALTHOUGH I VNOiV B'ZrTZ^ , I SH^LL MrVER FO^^GeT IT — 
IF IT HAD 5EeN OOSSIBLE THAT YOU COULO HAV'; ■^ET'JRNeO THE LOVE OF 
THE MAN YOl, SEE HEFORE YOU. SELF FLUNG -AWAY > -VASTE D. ORUNKE IM^ POOR 

C^EATURt OF WISf-.-llSE AS VOii KMOA HIM TO DE , HE '.'UiULD HAVE BEEN 
CONSCIOUS THIS DAY Ar.'D hJOUR, IN SPITE OF HIS HAPPINESS THAT HE 
WOULD =t^lNC YOU TO f/ISERY, TO SOi^ROW AND REPENTRNCE, BLIGHT YOU, 

OI«G'^ACP: YOl), PULL YOU OOWN WITH H • fv" « KNOW VERyi VELL THAT YOU 

CAN HAVE NO TrNOERNESr, F07 I'E, I M'JK Fv)R NONE, I AM EVEN THANKFUL 
THAT IT CANNOT BE, 

LUCIE. 
WITHOUT |T CAN I NOT SAVE YCiJ, CAN I NOT RECALL YOU — FORGIVE ME 
AGAIN--TO A BETTER COURSE, CAN I IN NO WAY REPAY YOUR CONFIDENeE^ 

I KVO'.'I YOU 'OULD SAY THIS TO NO ONE ELSE, CAN I TURN IT TO MO GOOD 

ACCOUNT fOR YOURSELF' 

t 

SYn« 

:S!ifl-|VG 'Its ^!EA^>; to V.VE, no f.MS5 MANETTE TO NONE, IF YOU WILL 
HEAR ME A LITTLE LO\'GER, ALL YOU CAN DO FOR ME IS DONE, I WISH 
YOU TO K\OV<, THAT yru HAVE ?ECN THE LAST OREAf.' OF MY SOUL, THF 

SIGHT or voi> .VIT" YOUR r.\THER, OF THIS HOME, WADE SUCH A HOME BY 
v.'P, H'»'= ST|.--,->rD fiLD SHADOWS THAT I "THOUGHT H^O DIED OUT OF MF , 
I HAVE HAD UNFORMED IDEAS OF "TRIVING AFRESH, OF SHAKING OFF SLOTH 
AN.'J SENSUALITY — A DREAM, ALL A DRCAM, THA"' END1 ! Tvl NOTMINGj- ANL- 

LEAvr?? THr '-LrrPET vhcre nr .jas; siuT i /vish YOti to ■cnow -^mat yov 

INSPinF'.' IT. 

LUC IE« 



■■.'ILL r.'OT"l^)G OF !T ->E(.*A|N? OH f-'R, CARTON TRY AGAI^|, 

^VO, 

i>;o u:iE, NO usf.. 

!.ur jr. 
IT I '^^ THCN MY Ml '".rORTtlNT -0 H l VC HAOT YOU •■flORE UNHAPPY T!!AN arFORf: 
YOU :<\Ztt WE, 

HYD, 



DONT SAY tjaT, YOU :VOULU HAVE RECLAIMED IF ANYTHING COULD, 

LUC IE 
HAVE I NO POfltR FOPc GOOD? 



VCa, LET MC CA««Y THfWUCM TH€ REST OF MY MI9DI«ECTC0 LIFE, THE 
REMEMBRANCE THaT I OPENED MY HEAST TO YOU, AND THAT THEIHE WAS 
SOMETHING LEFT IN ME THAT YOU COULD P»TY AND OEPLOnE. rt » LL YOU 
LET ME clELIEVE WHEN t RECALL THIS DAY, THAT THE LA!iT CONFIDENCE 
OF MY LIFE WAS REPOSED IN YOUl* PUI«: AND INNOCENT 9RE*53T, THAT IT 
LIES THECIE ALONE, AND VV)LL BE SHARED BY NO ONE. 



LUCIE, 



VE9, 



3Y0, 

YOU *ILL NOT REVEAL IT EVEN TO YOU*» NEAREST AND 0EARE3T? 

LUCIE, 

MR. CARTON THE SECRET IS YOURS NOT MINE, AND I PROMISE TO RESPECT 
• T. 

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THANK YO»t, AND 000 BLESS YOU. {MOVES TOWARD P OOR! BE UNDER NO 
APPREHENSION OF MY EVER RESUMING THIS CONVERSATION, 9Y SO MUCH A3 
ONE PASSING WORD, BUT IN THE HOUR OF DEATH, I SHALL THANK AND 
BLESS YOU, THAT THE LAST AVO*AL OF MYSELF, WAS MADE TO YOU, AND 
THAT MY NAME AND FAULTS AND MISERIES, WERE GENTLY CARTIEO IN YOUR 
HEART. iLUClE rtEEPS, HE -.CTURNS TO HER! 9E COMFORTED, I AW NOT 
WORTH iiV^H feeling; an HdUR OR T.VO HE^CE, THE LOW COMPANIONS AND 
LOW HABITS THAT I SCORN, BUT YIELD TO, «ILL RENDER ME LESS WORTHY 
OF THOSE TEAP3, THAN ANY WRETCH WHO CREEPS ALONG THE STREETS; 
BUT I SHALL ALWAYS BE TOWARD YOU -VHAT I AM NOW, AILL YOU BELIEVE 
THIS OF MEf 

Lucie. 

I WILL. 

SYO« 

THE TIME WILL COME SOBN, WHEN NEW TIES WILL BE FORMED AROIiND YOU-. 
.VHEN THE LITTLE PICTURE OF A HAPPY FATHER'S FACE LOOKS UP IN YOURS . 
WHEN YOUR OWN BRIGHT BEAUTY, SPRINGS UP ANEW AT YOUR FEET, REMEM- 
BER THERE IS A MAN WHO 'OULO GIVE HIS LIFE TO KEEP A LIFE YOi/ LOVE 
BESIDE YOU. GOO BLESS YOti AGAIN. 

IExIt S YO L« enter miss PROSS R. LUCIE 

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WHY UADY-BIRO, WHAT IS TH£ MATTER? WHO HAS VEXED YOU? 

LUCIE« 
PLEASE DON*T ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS, 

MISS !»• 
|in« LORRY IS COMING UP STAIRS, 

LUCIE. 
I maiWC HURWIEOLY: I WILL 3E (VITH HIM DIRECTLY. 

.EXIT LUCIE. R, GNTC9 MR, LORRY. Li 



MR. L. 
ah! MISS PROSS HOW DO YOU DO. OR. MANETTE AT HOME? 

MISS P. 

eXPCCTEO HOME. 

MR. L. 
ANC LUCIE? 

Ufa Pm 

eOWINe, SHE IS IN HER ROOM. 

MR. L« 



HOW ARE YOU^ 

M|8» W» 

NOTHING TO SOAST OF. 

MR. L. 



INDEED. 



M I SS P. 
I AM MUCH Put OUT ABOUT MY LADY-8IR0. 

INOECO. 

MISS P. 
iSHARPteVi CANjT YOU SAY ANYTHINS BUT INDEED? I OONT i*ANT DOZENS 



OF PEOPLE MHO ARE NOT AT ALL l^'ORTHV OF LAOY-B I RD, COM |NG HERE ArS»R 

uen« 

00 DOZENS COME, 

MtSS P. 

YES, AND YOU BEGAN IT. ""^^^~ 

MR. L. 
I, MfSS PROSSi ""^^^ 

MISS P. 
YES, SVHO Bf^OljGHT HES FATHER HACK? NO IMPUTATION ON HIM, I COULO 

FOPCIVE HIW, 9IJT IN THE <V/^Y OF SUITOMS, THERE NEVER WaS BUT ONE 
MAN WORTHY OF HER, AND THAT #A5 MY aROTHER SOLOMON. 

MR. L. 



JASIQE; A HEARTLESS SCOUNDREL, WHO SPENT HIS SISTER'S MONEY, AND 
THEN AaANDONED HER, ;ALOUO; I THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCUSING ME OF MAT- 
RIMONIAL INTENTIONS, ANO I HAVE LONG GIVEN UP ALL THOUGHTS OF MAR- 
RIAGE, THOtiGH THERE MIGHT HAVE nCEN A ^•RS, LORRY ANY TIME THESE 
FIFTY YEARS ALMOST. 



MISS P. 
NOT AT ALL. 

MR. L. 



YOU THINK THERE NEVER COULO HAVE BEEN A MRS. LORRY' 

MISS P. 

POOHl YOU '.''ERE A BACHELOR IN YOUR CRADtE. 

MR. L« » 

•APJUSTINC HIS Wtgj WELL, THAT DOES SEEM PROBAaLE. 

MISS P. 
ANO YOU WERE CUT OtiT FOR A BACHELOR BEFORE YOU -VERE PUT IN YOUR 
CRADLE. 

WW. c. 

I THINK I OUGHT TO HAVE HAD A VOICE IN THE SELECTION OF MY PATTE?r;, 
AS *E HAPPEN TO BE ALONE, LET ME ASK YOU IF 0«. MANBTTE, IN TALK- 
ING TO LUCIE, EVER REFERS TO THE SHOEMAKINC T I n^E . 

MIS9 P, 

NEVER. 



MR. L« 

AKO VET KECP'J THt BENCH, AND THOSE TOOLS QESIOE Hlfcl. 

M isr. l». 



nON'T SAY HC MCVE(» THIN'KB OF tT, 



M^. L, 



(lO VdU THtNK HE HAS ANY 7Ht(.RY 0?" HIS 0"'N, .^f. LAT I VE TO HIS nEfM*? 
SO OPPnESStD-' 



LADY-aiRfO THINKS HE HAS, 30T HC SflEWS AFRAID OF THE ^'HOLE SUBJECT. 
AFRAI J I 

Visa p. 



YES, PERFECTLY .^ECOVEaED AS HE IS, TOUCH THAT STf*ING, AND HE IN- 
STANTLY CHANCES FOR THE iVOflSE, 

M^. L. 



I W«»PE ^,|S RESERVE MAY NOT LEAD HIM TO BROOD TOO MUCH ON HIS PRISCfr! 
TRIALS, I THINK I WILL WALK A LITTLE <'MY ON, THE CHANCE OF MEET- 

ING HIM. 

•EXIT i«R» L. DOOR L. : 

MISS P« 

I CAtM»T HZLP THINKING, THAT IN SOME WAY, HE CONNECTS MR, OARNEY 
WITH HIS TRIALS, RUT THAT MAY aE ONLY BECAUSE HE IS FRENCH, 

•ENTER LUC IE H. • 

no. yn. CA1T0N 9.VN0YED rou* 

LUCtC« 

OONT BLAW^E POOR MR, CARTON, 

MISS P. 
rSCORN-ULLY: POOR MSf, CARTON. A MAN WHO lU 0RI\:<|N6 AWAY 1113 

SENSES ANO HIS HEALTH, 

L UCIE. 
OCAR PROSS, IF YOU LOVE Cc , .!« I lL YOU REMEMBER THAT HE DESERVES 



MORE RERPtCT AND COStB I DERATI 0^'. HE HAS A HCART HE VE^Y =ELO0M 

SHOWS, AND THERE Arte DEEP VVOUNJDL IN IT. I 00 NOT THINK ANYTHINC 

IN HIS CHARACT'S r.R FOPTl'NES, IF RE PARABLE NOW, BUT I AM SURE HE 
!S CAPABLE OF COOD A^'O ^•A^^^^^.• I MCl.U THINGS, :COAX jNGLV : VjILL YOU 
PEMEMf?ER THIF? 

Misa P« 
I MUST I SUPPOSE, IF YOU WISH IT. 

•ENTER PR« MANETTE, Mtt« LOt^WY, AMD 
CHARLES OARNEY, L. ; 

MR. L. 



♦BHAKtNC "AMDS WITH LHCIE; I DtD NOT GO FA!^ REFORE ENCOUNTER ING 
YOtfR FATHCn, AN'P AT "^HE DO0f> ^E MET ANOTHER FRIEND, 

L'tC IE, 
AH MR. DARNEYl ;SHAKES HA..Dt If < TH HtMj YOU HAD I HOPE, A SAFE 

AND PLEASANT JOURNEY. 

DAP., 
PRINCIPALLY PLEA??ANT, BECAUSE I J(AS ON THE ROAD TO HOME AND. LONDON 

tCXIT MISS P. R«? 

MK. L« 



THERE CERTAINLY IS A WONOElBlFUL Lf'tCNFSS SET-'^EEN OUR YOUNP. FRIEND 
HERE ANC MR, CAr.TON. 

OR. M. 



ALIKE, AND YET VERY UNLIKE. "^HC OAY 13 VERv riULT=IY, LUCtE SHALL 

..;: ^i.L ADJOURN TO T-«L ^F.„r■^ inV.P. TH^ i'LANrTf^EE IN TH€ YARDf 

^UCIL. 

A GOOD IDEA FATHER, COME MR, ^i r: (Y, 

iTAKeS ..R, US ARM, S EXIT WITH HIM L. 
OR. MANrTTE PREPARE" T( F'l.LO.. THEM,* 

DAR, 

OR, WAXETTE, ViLL "> v'u ALLOW NX A (VORD WITH YOu? 

OR, M. 

IS LUCIE THE TOPIC* 



DAW. 
SHE IS. 

IT l» HARD FOR ME TO HEAR HER SPOKEK OF IN THAT TONE OF YOURS 
CHARLES OARNEY, 

DAH, 
IT IS A TONE OF FERVENT AOMJhmTION, TKUE HOMAiC ANU OEE.' LuVt. 

OR, M. 
I 9EUIEVE IT, 1 UO you Jli&flCE, I OtUlLVC JT, 

DAR« 
SHALL I CO ON RIRf 

on. M, 



JOITH EFFORT; YES- YES GO ON, 

OAR, 



UE Ah or. MA\eTTE, I LOVE Y OJ^ OAU«HTC!< FOVVuV, D^ZAILY, T 1 'i 1 '■•ITEREST- 
EOLY. YOU HAVE LOVED YOURSELF; L»:T YOUR OLD LOVE PLEAD FOR ME. 

OR. M, 



icXCITCDLYJ NOT THAT SIR, LET THAT 3E , I ADJURE Yf^n PO VOT RECALL 
THAT. 

OAR, 
FORGIVE MC. 

OR, IV»« 
HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO LUCIEf 

OAR, 

NEVER, 

OR, M, 



I KNOW YOUR FORBEARANCE IS TO BE REFERRED TO, REn^rCT FOR HER 
FATHER, ANO HER FATHER TnA^JCS VCU. 

; OFFERS HIS HAND, WHICH OAR TAICCS.; 

OAR, 



OR, MANETTE, 8CT«VEEN YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER, THERE IS AN AFFECTION 



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30 UNUSUAL, SO TOUCHING, THAT IT CAN HAVE FEH PARALLEUS, AND KNOVS- 
INC THIS, SEEING YOU ANO HER .V I TH THIS HALLOV'JED LIGHT Af^OUNO YOU, 
I HAVE FO-'^aORNE AS LONG AS IT WAS IN THE NATURE OF WAN TO DO IT, 
aUT I LOVE HER, HEAVEN IS MY .VITNEBS THAT I LOVE HER DEVOTEDLY. 

DR. M« 
I BELIEVE IT. 

OAR. 



BUT DO NOT BELIEVE, THAT IF I WERE ONE DAY HAPPY ENOUGH TO MAKE 
HER MY *IFE, I WOULD PUT ANY SEPARATION BETWEEN HER ANO YOUJ NO 
I A/OULO NOT COME TO DIVIDE >V|TH LUCIE HER PRIVILEGE AS YOUR COM- 
PANION ANO FRIEND, BUT TO BIND HER CLOSER TO YOU, IF SUCH A THING 
WEnC POSSIBLE. 

DR. M. 

YOU BPEAK FEELINGLY AND MANFULLY. HAVE YOU *(»»'. BBASON TO SUP- 
POSE THAT LUC It LOVES YOU? 

OAR. 
NONE, AS YET NONE, 

DR. M, 



00 YOU SEEK ANY PROMISE FROM ME? 

PAR. 
YES, I WELL UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT YOU, I CAN HAVE NO HOPE. 
EVEN IF MISS MANETTE HELD ME IN HER HEART— DO NOT THINK I HAVE T^C 
Pr^ESUMPTION TO ASyuME AS MUCH — I COULD RETAIN NO PLACE IN IT 
AGAINST HER FATHER, 

OR. M« 



IF THAT BE SO, DO YOU SEE WHAT 10 INVOLVED ON THE OTHER HANDf 

PAR. 

perfectly. i know a word from her father in any t.uitofts favor 
would 0otv<etch herself and all the .vorld — for which reason, i 
^^qULO not ask that word to save .vy life. 

DR. M. 



I ,VAS SURE OF IT, .VHAT THEN IS THE PROMISE YOU SEEKf 



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PAR, 
I ONLY ASK THAT YOM MAY BE ABLE TO THINK »EU.-.BNOUeH OF ME, NOT 
TO INFLueNCE HC(* AGAINST ME. 

on, M. 



I PROMISe, THAT IF SHE SHOULD EVtM TELL ME YOU ARE EOSENTIAL TO 
HER HAPPINESS, I ^JILL GIVE HER TO YOU. ; HES I TAT I NGLY ; CHARLES OAR- 
NEY IF THERE WERE— IF TriEHC VJErtE ANY ^^EAOONS, APPREHENSION, FAN- 
CIES AGAINST TB8 MAN SHE REALLY LOVED, THEY SHOULD ALL BE OBLIT- 
ERATED FOR HER rjAKE. SHE IS MORE TO ME THAN SUFFERING, MORE THAN 
BITTER WRONGS, MORE TO ME THAN— WELL, THIS llj luLE TALK :r»AuSES 
HI 3 HAND OVER HIS FUHEHEAO SMllLcIi: WHAT WE.^tl YOU SAYING TO 'tE? 

OAH« 
I WAR GOING TO SAY, YOUR CONFIOEMCE SHOULD BE MET BY EQUAL CONFI- 
DENCE ON MY PART. YOU KNOW WHAT MY HOPES AND PROSPECTS ARE, YOU 
KNO« THAT I HAVE ABANDONED THE NAME AMU ESTATE OF MY FAMILY, 
MY PRESENT NAME IS SLIGHTLY CHANGED FROM MY MOTHER'S, 



OR, *»« 
STO^I 

OAR. 

BUT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW MY REAL NAME AND MY REASON Ff.^ EST 
LISHINC MYSELF IN ENGLAND, 

OR, M, 



STOP, I WILL NOT HEAR YOU. NOT NOW AT LEAST, IF YOUR SUIT PROS- 
PERS, YOU SHALL TELL OE ON YDUR MARRlA&E KORNINC. UO YOU PROMISE ? 

PAR, 
WILLINGLY. 

OR, M, 



ASK MC FOR NO EXPLANATION, PERHAPS, I ALREADY KNOW OH SUSPECT MORE 
OF YOU, ANH YOUR PARENTAGE THAN YOU SUPPOSE, 

PAR, 

YOU KNO../ NOTHING PREJUDICIAL TO U.E I HOPE AKU BELIEVE. 

DR. M, 
OF YOU PERSONALLY I KNO"' AND BELIEVE MUCH GOOD. NOW CO, 



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GIVE »t YtiUR HAKO, COO PUEiiS rft. ICXiT PAR L« ; VES, SOD BLESS 

HIM, EVtK THCUGH I U£.L IN HIS FACE SC>METH<NG OF THOSE PTHEP FACES, 
HI3 FATHER'S A^D HISi ONCLL*S, MY CRUEL E^SEf'|ES, HE IT. NOT TO PLAME, 
HE DOES NOT EVEN BEAR THEIR NA»E, AKO HAh ^0 r.U!<P|C(ON OF THE 
WRONG THEY UIO ME. HE |H WORTHY OF MY LuC I E , AND MY YEARS OF 

TORTURE AND OF MADNESS, S.i^LL MOT THROW A SHADOW OVER HER INNOCENT 
LOVt, 

•ENTER LUCIE L. • 



LUCIE. 

Father ocar ame yoo Coi. »nu? 

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